Drenching-bottle.



SUSIE A. MEDDAUGH, OF NORTH WHITE LAKE, NEW YORK.

DRENCHING-BOTTLE Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 14, 1908.

Application filed December 7, 1906. Serial No. 346,722.

To allwhom it may concern: 1

Be it known that I, SUsIE A. MEDDAUGH, a citizen of the United States,residing at North White Lake, in the county of Sullivan, State of NewYork, have invented certain new and useful Im rovements in Drenching-Bottles; and I do 8 ing to be a full, clear, and exact description ofthe invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to drenching bottles for use in administeringmedicine to horses and other stock, and the main object of the inventionis to overcome the disadvantages to be found in devices of this classnow in use.

The present devices are'one and all rendered unfit for use by reason ofthe fact that it is practically impossible to clean them, the onlypossible means of access to the container for the medicine being througha muchcontracted neck.

In order to effectually avoid the undesirable features found indrenching bottles now on the market, the container or body portion ofthe bottle embodied in my invention is formed entirely of glass and theopen end of the container is not contracted but is of the same width asits body ortion. At its said 0 en end the container is screw-threadedfor t e connection therewith of the larger end of a flared cap which isprovided with a contracted neck portion with which is connected, bymeans of screw threads, a discharge nozzle. The glass container beingnon-contracted and without lateral rojections at its open end, may bereadily c eaned and the same may be said of the flared cap member. Theflaring cap and the nozzle portions of the device are also of uniformthickness throughout so that no lateral projections or obstructionsoccur either interiorly or exteriorly of the container. The surface ofthe device therefore offers no obstructions or abrasions to the hand ofthe operator or to the portions of the body of the animal with which itmay come in contact, and the absence of obstructions and projections inthe interior effectually prevents the lodgment of any of the contents ofthe container within it.

The absence of projections and obstrucereby declare the follow' while atthe same time the construction of the retainer in the easily separableparts provides for a ready andthorough cleansing when the parts areseparated, as hereafter more fully explained.

In the accompanying drawings: Figure 1 is a side elevation of adrenching bottle constructed in accordance with my invention, and, Fig.2 is a detail vertical sectional view through the same.

Referring more specifically to the drawings, the bottle is shown ascomprising a container 5, a cap 6, and a nozzle 7. The container 5 isformed entirely of glass and is of the same diameter from its bottom toits top, the upper end of the container being entirely open. Graduationmarks 8 are made upon the container at proper points so that thequantity of li uid contained therein may be determine at a glance.

The outer surface of the container at its upper or open end isscrew-threaded as at 9 an the cap 6, which at its lower'end is of thesame diameter as the 0 en end of the container, is corresponding ythreaded as at 10 for connection with the container. This cap 6 ispreferably formed of tin or other suitable metal and is graduallycontracted toward its upper end to form a neck 11 which is eX-.

teriorly screw-threaded as at 12 for connection therewith of the nozzle7. The said nozzle 7 is preferably of the same diameter throughout itsentire length and has its end opposite its threaded end partially closedas at 13, there being an opening 14, however, left in the said end forthe discharge of liquid. To render the nozzle 7 easier to clean, the end13 thereof is concavo-convex as clearly shown in Figs. 1 and 2. Theconfronting ends of the lower section 5 and the cap section 6 arereversely shouldered and uniting threads formed on the shoulderedportions, and the confronting ends of the ca portion 6 and nozzleportion 7 are similar y shouldered and threaded, so that as the partsare the cap are very easily cleaned, not being contracted at their openends.

A further Very advantageous feature resides in the fact that no screwthreads are exposed to the action of the medicine.

What is claimed is A container comprising a lower section open at oneend and with its sides of uniform thickness throughout, a cap sectionflaring toward one end and with its sides of uniform thicknessthroughout and corresponding in thickness to said lower section, and anozzle section corresponding in diameter to the smaller end of said capsection and with one end contracted to form a jet discharge, theconfronting ends of said several sections reduced to form annularshoulders spaced from their ends with the reduced portions inter lappingand the shoulders interbearing whereby a retainer is produced formedwith detachable sections and without exterior or interior obstructionsor projections.

In testimony whereof, I aflix my signature, in presence of twowitnesses.

SUSIE A. MEDDAUGTT. Witnesses:

LYMAN W. KNAPP, HORACE J. SEVERANoE.

